Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-21
WASHINGTON.
Proceedings of the House
and Senate.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL
Judge Ross and Marshal Risley
are COnfirmed-CIeveland
Feeds His Cabinet.
Special 10 the Herald BY the Associated Press.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, January 20.-To.day
the House resumed consideration of the
conference report on the Inter-
state Commerce bill and an
understanding was arrived at
whereby session was ordered for to
night for discussion of the report, at
close Of which session the previous
question shall be considered as ordered
and vote on the adoption of the report
will be taken to-morro W morning after
the reading of the Journal.
The House passed the resolution call.
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury to
inform the House the sums of money
which were owing to the United States
on the first on January, 1887, from the
Pacific Railroads. The object of the
resolution is to get the opinion of the
Treasury Department as to the effect of
the passage of the House Funding bills.
In its report the committee says: "There
is legislation pending to secure to the
United States payment of all indebted
oess of the companies alluded to in the
resolution. No information can be OBJ.
tanned from any reports made by the
department as TO the amounts owing
the government from the company
later than June 80, 1886. It is
very desirable aud almost necessary
that the House be informed as to the
true state Of their accounts, brought
down 10 as late date as msy be had
in order that there may be fair and in.
teiligent consideration. Such measure
in the judgment of the Secretary of the
Treasury as to the effect and result of
the provisions of the bill, should it
become law is also greatly to be de.
sired, so that the house may have the
same before it previous to acting on the
measure"
The following committee reports was
submitted aud referred: By Hill, of
Ohio, from the Committee on Territories,
Senate bill for the admission of the State
of Washington. Placed on the calen.
dar.
At the evening session of the House
there was very small attendance of
members during the debate on the Inter-
State Commerce bill. Morrow, of Cali
fornia, protested against the enactment
into a law of the provisions of the long
and short haul section as being inimical
to the interests of the people OF the Pa.
cific coast.
McKenpa, of California, could not
consent to its passage without protest.
ing against legislation which was so
d.t al 10 int af Ha1ienr,sa
as the legislation which was proposed in
the fourth section.
Mr., Anderson, of Kansas, said that
the railroad system of the country was
under the control of a few men who
had the power land last year exer-
cised that power) of collecting
from the people of the United
States S756, 600, ,00O, some two or three
times as much as the government col
lected. These men had been beyond
any control except their own general
and the question presented
was whether the government should put
itself by law between the people and
the rapacity of railways.
Mr.. Rowell, of Illinois, replied to
many of the ludicrous advances against
the hill AID argued that the courts and
would have little difficulty
in placing proper Interpretation upon
the provisions of the measure.
Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, conceded that
some INJURY might be inflicted upon his
section by the long and short haul clause,
but he did not believe the commercial
interests Of sixty million of people
should be controlled and regulated
solely by the interest of few men. If
any Of the features of the bill proved
hurtful it could be amended when Con-
gress met in December next. He would
vote for this bill without a moments
hesitation, without faltering and with
out fear